Nanny State

Politics

5 Myths About Healthy Eating

A helping of skepticism about the causes of Americans' poor eating habits-and the effectiveness of political fixes

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.21.2011 12:00 PM

Policy

Democrats Learned About ObamaCare's Individual Mandate From Watching the GOP

Peter Suderman | 10.20.2011 4:04 PM

Politics

ACLU: New York is a Taser-Happy State

Lucy Steigerwald | 10.20.2011 1:27 PM

Policy

Big Government, Meet Big Baby

Seth McKelvey | 10.20.2011 12:58 PM

Politics

Rand Paul Leads Fight Against No Child Left Behind

Matt Welch | 10.20.2011 11:03 AM

Politics

Dazed and Confused No More

A full 50 percent of Americans favor legalizing marijuana

Steve Chapman | 10.20.2011 7:00 AM

Politics

OWS: Alec Baldwin Civilly Discusses Fed with Fellow Americans

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.19.2011 5:35 PM

Politics

Obama: "even though I believe all the choices we've made have been the right ones, we're still going through difficult circumstances"

Matt Welch | 10.19.2011 2:46 PM

Policy

Want to Live Forever? Sonia Arrison Explains How In Her New Book

Paul Feine and Sharif Matar | 10.19.2011 1:04 PM

Politics

Mitt Romney's Lying Problem

Is the GOP really ready to replace one truth-challenged president with another?

Matt Welch | 10.19.2011 1:00 PM

Politics

The Good Kind of Class Warfare

Shikha Dalmia | 10.19.2011 12:52 PM

Policy

Want to Live Forever? Sonia Arrison Explains How In Her New Book

Paul Feine and Sharif Matar | 10.19.2011 12:50 PM

Policy

Health Lobbyists Hope For a Yet Another Deal On Medicare Cuts

Peter Suderman | 10.19.2011 9:24 AM

Politics

Solyndra Leads to More Time With Steven Spinner's Family

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.18.2011 7:06 PM

Policy

Pediatrician Group Seeks to Boost ADHD Diagnoses

Jacob Sullum | 10.18.2011 6:42 PM

Politics

9th Circut Taser Decision Could Affect Mountain Death Lawsuit

Paul Detrick | 10.18.2011 6:23 PM

Politics

Reason.tv: David Bernstein on Rehabilitating Lochner and the Freedom to Contract

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 10.18.2011 3:00 PM

Policy

Menu Meddling

ObamaCare's calorie counts

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.18.2011 1:08 PM

Policy

New Gallup Survey: A Majority of Americans Favor Legalizing Marijuana Use

Emily Ekins | 10.18.2011 12:15 PM

Politics

Get a Job!

Free market ideas for reducing unemployment

Reason Staff | 10.18.2011 12:00 PM

Politics

Kelsey Grammer's Libertarianism; Scott Dilbert's Federalism

Matt Welch | 10.18.2011 9:03 AM

Politics

Soak the Rich or Soak the Super Rich?

Harry Reid's "millionaire' surcharge" is a new move in the old Democratic game of class warfare.

Shikha Dalmia | 10.18.2011 7:00 AM

Policy

Two Signs that K-12 Education Monopoly is Crumbling

Nick Gillespie | 10.17.2011 5:17 PM

Politics

Herman Cain's Opposition to Overly Strict Drunk Driving Laws

Seth McKelvey | 10.17.2011 3:55 PM

Policy

Obama Administration: We Oppose Implementing CLASS; We Also Oppose Repealing It

Peter Suderman | 10.17.2011 3:52 PM

Policy

Mark Bittman Corrects Fact-Resistant Food Policy Analysts…Such As Mark Bittman

Jacob Sullum | 10.17.2011 3:09 PM

Policy

Nonexistent DOJ Studies and Hasty Meetings Win Police Pensions in Knoxville

Lucy Steigerwald | 10.17.2011 2:35 PM

Policy

Did the CBO Just Clear the Way For the Repeal of ObamaCare's Long Term Care Benefit?

Peter Suderman | 10.17.2011 12:45 PM

Nanny State

Reason Writers Around Town: Katherine Mangu-Ward on 5 Myths About Healthy Eating—And Why Politicians Can't Make You Skinny in The Washington Post

Reason Staff | 10.17.2011 9:56 AM

Policy

California's Largest Medical Association Says Marijuana Prohibition Is Bad Public Health Policy

Mike Riggs | 10.16.2011 7:11 PM

Politics

Sunday, Stupid Sunday

Mike Riggs | 10.16.2011 11:56 AM

Politics

Conrad Murray Open Thread

Tim Cavanaugh | 10.14.2011 7:16 PM

Policy

Obama Administration Dumps Bad News, Major ObamaCare Program

Peter Suderman | 10.14.2011 4:55 PM

Policy

"We want to have a police force that can handle the most demanding assignments with the least amount of force"

Damon Root | 10.14.2011 4:50 PM

Politics

Big Brother in the Front Seat

Seth McKelvey | 10.14.2011 4:12 PM

Policy

Mitt Romney, the Individual Mandate, and Personal Responsibility

Peter Suderman | 10.14.2011 3:16 PM

Policy

Reason.tv: Lee Doren - Author of "Please Enroll Responsibly" and How the World Works

Nick Gillespie and Joshua Swain | 10.13.2011 3:30 PM

Politics

GOP State Senators Reap the Benefits of Supporting Gay Marriage

Anthony Fisher | 10.13.2011 3:05 PM

Politics

City Regulations Scare Away Haunted House

Seth McKelvey | 10.13.2011 2:41 PM

Politics

Unions Try to Kill Online Learning at California Schools. Again.

Katherine Mangu-Ward | 10.13.2011 2:33 PM

War on Drugs

Wrong Door Raid and Flash-Bang Grenade Heart Attack Provoke Lawsuits

Lucy Steigerwald | 10.13.2011 12:28 PM